Ministry of Railways
Major Capacity Augmentation Works Underway to Boost Mumbai’s Suburban Rail Network; MUTP Projects Drive Expansion
Rail Infrastructure in Pune Set for Major Upgrade with New Platforms, Terminals and Capacity Enhancement Works
Posted On:
25 MAR 2026 5:16PM by PIB Mumbai
Mumbai, 25 March 2026
Mumbai’s railway network currently handles around 120 originating Mail/Express trains and nearly 3,200 suburban train services daily, reflecting the city’s extensive and high-density rail operations.
Capacity Augmentation works for Mumbai Area:
To increase train handling capacity at various stations in Mumbai area, following works have been completed/taken up/planned at various stations:
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SN
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Location
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Details
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1
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Bandra Terminus
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3 Pit Lines have been completed
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2
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Mumbai Central
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Platform extension for 24 LHB coaches
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3
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Jogeshwari
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2 additional platforms
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4
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Dadar
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1 additional platform
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5
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Vasai road
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6 platforms, 3 pit lines and 5 stabling lines
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6
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Panvel-Kalamboli
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5 platforms , 4 pit lines and 2 sick lines
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7
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Kalyan
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6 platforms and 4 pit lines
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8
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LTT
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4 platforms and 2 pit lines
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9
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Parel
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6 platforms, 5 pit lines, 6 stabling lines
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10
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Virar
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25 stabling lines
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11
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Dahanu road
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11 stabling lines
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12
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Mira road
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25 stabling lines
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Platform length extension:
In addition to above, Platform extension work at 34 stations to accommodate 15 car EMUs have been taken up.
New projects for increasing capacity:
To improve the capacity of rail network in Mumbai suburban area, Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP)-II costing ₹8,087 crore, MUTP-III costing ₹10,947 crore and MUTP-IIIA costing ₹33,690 crore have been sanctioned. These projects include following works in Mumbai Suburban Area:
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SN
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Name of Project
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Cost
(₹ in Cr.)
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1
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CSMT-Kurla 5th & 6th Line (MUTP-II) (17.5 Km)
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891
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2
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Mumbai Central-Borivali 6th Line (MUTP-II) (30 Km)
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919
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3
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Extension of Harbour Line from Goregaon-Borivali (MUTP-IIIA) (7 Km)
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826
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4
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Borivali-Virar 5th & 6th Line (MUTP-IIIA) (26 Km)
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2,184
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5
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Virar-Dahanu Road 3rd & 4th Line (MUTP-III) (64 Km)
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3,587
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6
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Panvel-Karjat Suburban Corridor (MUTP-III) (29.6 Km)
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2,782
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7
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Airoli-Kalwa (elevated) Suburban Corridor link (MUTP-III) (3.3 Km)
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476
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8
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Kalyan-Asangaon 4thLine (MUTP-IIIA) (32 Km)
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1,759
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9
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Kalyan-Badlapur 3rd& 4th line (MUTP-IIIA) (14 Km)
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1,510
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10
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Kalyan-Kasara 3rd Line (67 Km)
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793
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11
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Naigaon-Juichandra double chord Line (6 Km)
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176
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12
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Nilaje-Kopar double chord Line (5 Km)
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338
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13
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Kalyan Yard remodeling work
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866
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New generation trains:
To enhance passenger carrying capacity, 238 rakes of 12 cars each with doors have been sanctioned under MUTP-III & IIIA at a cost of ₹19,293 crore. The process for procurement of these rakes has been taken up.
Capacity Augmentation works for Pune Area:
Presently, about 33 originating Mail/Express trains are handled daily in Pune area.
To increase train handling capacity at various stations in Pune area, following works have been completed/taken up/planned at various stations:
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SN
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Location
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Details
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1
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Pune Junction
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6 additional Platforms and Extension of 5 Platforms.
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2
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Hadapsar
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Extension of 3 Platforms to handle full length trains.
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3
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Khadki
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Raising and Extension of PF-3/4 and extension of running lines completed in July’2025.
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4
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Alandi
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New Coaching Terminal with 9 additional Platforms, 8 pit lines and 8 stabling lines
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5
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Phursungi
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5 Stabling Lines at Phursungi
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In addition to above, following capacity additional works have been undertaken in Pune Area to increase the train handling capacity:
| SN |
Name of Project |
| 1 |
3rd Line between Hadapsar and Ghorpuri Yard |
| 2 |
New Block station at Manjari Bhadrukin Pune-Daund Section and Ramtekdi in Pune-Sasvad section |
| 3 |
Bidirectional Signalling in Pune Sasvad Road Section |
This was stated in reply to an unstarred question by Union Minister of Railways, Information and Broadcasting and Electronics and IT Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw in the Lok Sabha today.
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